History of Practice
Sound Family Medicine began as South Hill Family Medicine in 1984, when Rebecca Sullivan, MD left military service to start a family practice in partnership with Mike Young, MD in a small office on 112th Street. Two years later, Hartland Medical Center was completed, and the practice moved to the new office. The concept from the beginning was to locate our office near where patients lived and worked. Ed Pullen, MD joined the group after he left military service the following year.
Over the years, our practice has grown to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as well as our board-certified family physicians. Our continued growth has allowed us to help meet the need for primary medicine in the Eastern Pierce County area. In September 2002, our name changed to Sound Family Medicine when we expanded to Bonney Lake. We continued to grow and our third office opened in November 2004 at the Sunrise Medical Campus on Sunrise Boulevard. In early 2008, we moved our Bonney Lake Same-Day Clinic into its own suite, dedicated to the urgent care needs of our patients. Dr’s Taggart and Young also moved into their own space, Hartland III, across from our Hartland Medical Center offices in May of 2008. In October 2008, our Sunrise office moved into a brand new facility on the Sunrise Medical Campus. We continue to locate physicians’ offices near the homes of our patients. We believe this will result in more convenient care and better service for our patients.