Staff

Doctors

Please find some further information below about the GP partner doctors who work at Wooda.

Dr Samantha Gardner
MB BS (1996) BSc (1991) DRCOG (1998) DFFP (1998) MRCGP (2007) GMC 4306542
I qualified from King’s College hospital in 1996 and since that time I have lived and worked in Devon. I am married to George who is a local GP in Barnstaple and we have three children. I have a keen interest in education, I am now a trainer of new GPs.
Dr Matthew Lee
BSc (Hons) 1991 MB ChB (Glasgow 1993) DTMH (1995) MRCP (UK) 1999 MRCGP (2005) GMC 4014610 
After qualifying from Glasgow University with degrees in medicine and parasitology I moved to General Practice in 2003 in North Devon. I am practice lead for Child Safeguarding and Green Impact. I enjoy outdoor pursuits.
Dr Stewart “Reg” Perrin
MB CHB (Bristol 2006) BA Hons (Leeds 1998) DFSRH (2010) MRCGP (UK) 2011 GMC 6145619 
After finishing medical school at Bristol University in 2006, I moved to North Devon. I joined The Wooda Surgery as a partner in 2012. Dr Jess Danielson and I were married in 2015. We now work as a job share. I’m interested in how we organise healthcare locally and am currently the Lead Partner for the practice.
Dr Jessica Danielson
BMedSci (Hons) BMBS MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH PGC (MedEd) GMC 7015833 
Born and bred in North Devon, I love working here at Wooda and living in this beautiful area with my husband, Dr Perrin, and our daughter.
Dr Esther Maguire
MbCHB DRCOG MRCGP
I grew up in South Wales and studied medicine at Bristol University.  After completing my degree, I worked in Australia for 2 years and then decided to do my GP training in North Devon.  I have been a partner at The Wooda Surgery since 2018.
Dr Aaron Mills
I grew up in North Devon, and attended medical school in Plymouth and Exeter. I graduated in 2010 and spent 5 years working in the hospitals of Durham and Newcastle, before returning to the South West. I have been a Partner here at The Wooda Surgery since 2017. 
Dr Gavin Haslehurst
BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCGP (2017)
I completed my medical degree in London and moved to Devon in 2013 where I did my GP training. I have been a partner at Wooda since 2017.
Dr Penny Martin
BSc MBChB
I graduated from Warwick Medical School in 2011. Prior to this I completed a BSc in Human Sciences at University College London in 2007. I first joined The Wooda Surgery in 2017 as a registrar, became a member of the Royal College of GPs in 2018, and became a partner here in Spring 2019.