Our Team

Pure Wellness Group is an integrative medical clinic located in Sudbury, Ontario. Founded on an integrative approach to whole health, patients receive individualized care that goes beyond symptoms to identify and address the root cause of illness or disease.

Our multi-disciplinary health care practitioners utilize modern treatments combined with more traditional systems of medicine. Our intent is to direct changes, while recommending treatments that guide you on your path to optimal health and wellness.

Meet Your Naturopathic Doctors

Dr. Allan Price B.Sc., ND

Dr. Allan Price is a board-certified Naturopathic Doctor and a Medical Director at Pure Wellness Group. He is provincially renowned for his clinical experience. He has supported Pure Wellness Group since 2011, as First Response Team Lead and Director of the Cancer Care Program, at Pure Wellness Group’s distinguished Naturopathic Cancer Care Clinic.

Highly respected by his colleagues for his practice in the area of cancer care, Dr. Price also focuses on cardiac care, hormone therapy, anti-aging medicine, pain management, and infectious diseases such as Lyme Disease. Dr. Price also stays current in intravenous (IV) nutritional therapy to support a variety of health concerns.

His kind-hearted nature is second to none. Anyone who has had the privilege of working with Allan knows that he truly cares.


Dr. Tara O’Brien H.B.Sc., ND

Dr. O’Brien is one of Northern Ontario’s leading naturopathic doctors. Her practice is family-oriented, with a focus on women’s health, hormonal balancing, fertility challenges, digestive complaints, weight loss, anti-aging and chronic illness. She practices evidence-based primary care medicine and believes in an integrative approach that uses multiple modalities to achieve optimal results. Tara has a great passion for empowering others to improve their own health – and thereby their quality of life – through naturopathic and functional medicine.

Meet the Team

Dr. Brad Jones DC

Dr. Jones started chiropractic care as a teenager playing hockey and found tremendous relief from back pain and sports injuries from chiropractic care. This started him on the road to becoming a chiropractor.

He attended the University of Western Ontario and received a honours degree in kinesiology and a degree in education. The Dr. Jones attended the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto and graduated in 1997.

His practice philosophy has always been trying to move patients along the road to wellness. He gets to see positive changes in the office every day. To take someone from a state of poor health, pain, poor sleep, and lack of energy back to healthy, happy, exercising, eating right and loving life is deeply fulfilling.


Sarah Parsons MA, RP

Sarah Parsons is a Registered Psychotherapist who has been working in private practice for 3 years. She recently opened her own practice, Realign Psychotherapy, in August 2019. Sarah is a member with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). She has experience in both the public and private sectors. She is trained in perinatal mood disorders, Prolonged Exposure therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). In treating clients, Sarah takes an all-inclusive approach, applying the appropriate treatment modalities to meet the needs of each individual. More specifically, Sarah has direct experience in treating individuals with anxiety and mood disorders, trauma, and perinatal mood disorders.

We provide treatment for youth and adults with mental illness, more specifically anxiety and mood disorders. Other areas of focus include interpersonal skills, self-awareness, relationship issues, grief, burnout, goal setting, emotional awareness and life transitions such as motherhood and career changes.

To book an appointment please click the button below, email reception@purewg.ca or call 705-586-7873


Erica Salo, RN

Erica Salo has over 20 years of experience in the Health Care Sector working with people as a Registered Nurse in a variety of settings and circumstances, one of her main goals is to embrace feeling and looking your best. “When you feel good- you look good and when you look good – you feel good!” Erica’s Aesthetic Nursing solutions include Microblading and Nano Brows, HA Filler and Neuromodulators (anti-wrinkle, treating gummy smile and offering options for cosmetic lip enhancements, and preventing excess oil and sebum production). She also has a background in Mindfulness and Community/Family Health. She believes in fostering community well-being and is always collaborating and adopting new concepts pertaining to the health and wellness of the mind and body.


Shannon Kenrick-Rochon, BScN, MN-ANP, NP-PHC

Shannon completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Western Ontario in 2008 before returning to Northern Ontario to practice in a broad range of clinical contexts. She completed a Masters of Nursing in Advanced Nursing Practice through Athabasca University in 2016 and holds her Nurse Practitioner licence in Ontario with a Primary Health Care specialty certificate. She currently holds academic appointments with Cambrian College School of Nursing, Laurentian University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. She has completed a broad range of professional development related to Concussion, Sports Medicine and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement. She currently participates and publishes research in process improvement in healthcare systems, interprofessional care and concussion care strategies. Outside of work, she shares her spare time with her husband and two children enjoying the outdoors.


Nicole Pilon

Nicole is our resident wonder woman! She is the friendly face that will greet you at the front desk and keeps our clinic (and our doctors) running smoothly! Born and raised in Sudbury Ontario. Nicole studied Finance at Cambrian College, then switched her focus to Medical Administration. She is a proud “Nana” to Carter and Gavin. Nicole loves spending time with family, and in her spare time enjoys nature and golfing.


Tammy Simpson

Tammy is a rockstar and organizational wizard! Born in Moncton NB, but has lived in Sudbury since 1993. She has been married for 31 years to Mark and have AMAZING twins, Kyle and Jessica. A long-time community volunteer in different organizations in the city, mainly supporting her children’s education and extra-curricular activities, her dedication and passion for it compelled her to continue once her kids had aged out. Tammy enjoys spending time with friends and family, travelling and going to the movies.


Yvette Tessier

Yvette is our always friendly and hard-working clinical assistant. Yvette was born in Killarney, Ontario. She studied and practiced as an RPN for most of her career. She has worked at Extendicare York, Regency Residence and Daffodil Terrace Lodge. She also spent many years as a laboratory technician at MDS Laboratories and Health Sciences North. She has a beautiful daughter Taylor and fabulous twin boys, Sheldon and Tyson. Yvette loves the outdoors, enjoys hunting and fishing, and boating with family and friends. She has spent 18 years of bliss with her fiancé, Jean-Yves (our resident handyman!).