SonoSite Announces Resignation of Marketing and Sales Executive

  
    
  
  
    
      SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in 
      hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, today said that Thomas J. 
      Dugan, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and US Sales, will resign 
      as of September 11, 2008. Mr. Dugan will be joining the Advanced Wound 
      Management Division of Smith & Nephew as President of its North American 
      Business, headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.
    
    
      “I want to thank Tom for his many 
      contributions to SonoSite since joining the company in 2005,” 
      said Kevin M. Goodwin, SonoSite President and CEO. “He 
      has been instrumental in developing the company’s 
      focus on point-of-care ultrasound and has built a strong marketing and 
      sales team. We wish Tom great success in his new position.”
    
    
      “It has been a rewarding experience to work 
      with SonoSite and help the company achieve its growth objectives,” 
      Mr. Dugan said. “SonoSite leads the way in 
      opening visualization at the point-of-care to help physicians deliver 
      better and safer patient care. I am very proud to have worked with such 
      an exceptional group of people and know that the company is well 
      positioned to continue to succeed on the many opportunities ahead.”
    
    
      About SonoSite
    
    
      SonoSite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) 
      is the innovator and world leader in hand-carried ultrasound. 
      Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by ten 
      subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. 
      SonoSite’s small, lightweight systems are 
      expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by 
      cost-effectively bringing high performance ultrasound to the point of 
      patient care. The company employs over 600 people worldwide.