About Sonic Healthcare
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrated track record of medical excellence across the world.
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres.
Sonic’s success stems from the core belief that we exist to provide quality medical diagnostic services to medical practitioners and the patients they serve. This belief impacts every aspect of our company, from our medical leadership through to the people-focused culture that views our 30,000 staff as our most valuable asset.
Sonic Healthcare has operations in Australia, USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. We employ over 500 specialist pathologists and radiologists and thousands of medical scientists and technicians, all of whom are led by medical personnel, from Board-level to the day-to-day management of our subsidiaries. Our staff are supported by an ongoing investment in the latest state-of-the-art medical technology, as well as customized information systems that have been personalized to suit the specific needs of our organization and its stakeholders. This is backed by a firm commitment to maintaining uncompromising ethical standards in the areas of both business management and medical practice.
The History of Sonic Healthcare
Sonic Healthcare was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in April 1987, with a single pathology company—Douglass Laboratories in Sydney’s northern suburbs.
Through a series of strategic acquisitions, Sonic expanded its presence from Sydney to Adelaide, before establishing a national footprint through the acquisition of the SGS group in 1999.
The SGS purchase also established Sonic as both an international operator, and a diversified healthcare company, with laboratories and a radiology practice in New Zealand. The acquisition of The Doctors Laboratory in the UK in 2002 spearheaded our international expansion, followed by the entry into Germany in 2004 and the USA in 2005. We also expanded into primary care clinics in 2004 with the part-purchase of the Independent Practitioner Network (IPN) – the largest network of general practice clinics in Australia.
Fast forward to today, and Sonic Healthcare is a medical powerhouse, employing over 30,000 staff in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and the United States.