Sonic Healthcare is dedicated to helping health care professionals find the cause of diseases. The company, one of the largest medical lab operators in the world, specializes in providing a variety of radiology and pathology testing services to hospitals, medical practitioners, and community medical service providers. Sonic Healthcare, which has a staff of more than 500 specialist pathologists and radiologists, operates from locations in eight countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany, the US, and the UK. It owns the US's biggest privately-held pathology lab, Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL), and one of Europe's largest, Bioscientia Healthcare. Sonic Healthcare was formed in 1987 in Australia.