SonoSite Appoints Peter Hsu Managing Director of China and Northeast Asia; Medical technology executive brings 25 years of exper

SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader in
hand-carried ultrasound, announced today that it has appointed Peter
S.R. Hsu, managing director of Northeast Asia with responsibility for
sales and service operations in China/Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and
South Korea.
   Mr. Hsu, a Taiwanese national, has worked in the medical
technology field since 1981, primarily based out of China, Taiwan and
Hong Kong. Most recently he was senior director of strategic market
development for Philips Medical Systems' Cardiac and Monitoring
Systems in Andover, Mass. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Hsu served as senior
director for Philips Ultrasound Asia Pacific in Hong Kong.
   "Peter's broad experience in Asia's primary medical markets is a
tremendous asset for SonoSite and our future growth plans," said
Graham Cox, Vice President, International. "His sales and market
development expertise, in combination with a strong technical
background, will accelerate our penetration into these markets."
   "In this new role, Peter will be responsible for all business
activities in Northeast Asia with a particular focus on building
SonoSite's China business," Mr. Cox said. "Based in Shanghai, he will
provide important strategic support to our existing China organization
and facilitate management of other key markets in surrounding
countries."
   "China and the other Asian countries represent an enormous
opportunity for SonoSite's leading ultrasound technology," said Mr.
Hsu. "SonoSite offers unmatched flexibility, ease of use and
performance in a fully contained, durable hand-carried system that can
address the demands of a wide range of clinical needs and users in a
wide range of settings."
   Mr. Hsu began his career as a sales representative for Hewlett
Packard's (HP) Medical Products Group in Taiwan. For the next 20
years, he held positions of increasing responsibility for HP's medical
divisions including that of Far East regional manager based in
Singapore, product marketing manager for the Imaging Systems Division
in Andover, Mass. and managing director of the Asia Pacific Sales and
Marketing Center based in Hong Kong. Subsequent to the spin-off of the
HP Medical Products Group as Agilent in 2000, Mr. Hsu served as vice
president and general manager for the Health Solutions Group in Asia
Pacific.
   Mr. Hsu received a bachelor degree in electronics engineering from
the National Taiwan Institute of Technology and a diploma in
electrical engineering from the National Taipei Institute of
Technology. He also attended the advanced management program at Hawaii
University.

   About SonoSite

   SonoSite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) is the innovator and world
leader in hand-carried ultrasound, with an installed base of more than
25,000 systems. The company, headquartered near Seattle, is
represented by eight subsidiaries and a global distribution network in
over 75 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 approximately 470 people worldwide.