Our Team
Doctors
Dr Alison Best
MbChB 1995 MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
GP Partner
Female
Dr Best holds clinics on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and works at both Penryn and Mawnan Smith Surgeries. She is a GP Trainer supervising our GP Registrars and also ourDr Alison Best[continue]
Dr Chrissie Dunne
MB ChB 1991 MRCGP
GP Partner
Female
Dr Dunne holds clinics on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She is the Lead GP for Women's health and Respiratory.
Dr Tom Hackett
MBChB 2009 MRCGP
GP Partner
Male
Dr Hackett holds clinics each day except Fridays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. He is a trainer for our Medical Students. He has interests inDr Tom Hackett[continue]
Dr Charlotte Harvey
MB BS 2007
GP Partner
Female
Dr Harvey holds clinics on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She has interests in Paediatrics and ENT and is a Trainer forDr Charlotte Harvey[continue]
Dr Ryan Jackson
MB BS 2002
GP Partner
Male
Dr Jackson holds clinics on 3 days a week and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. He has interests in Cardiology,Trauma Medicine and Aviation Medicine and can performDr Ryan Jackson[continue]
Dr Jim Kahane
MB BCH 2010 MRCGP
GP Partner
Male
Dr Kahane holds clinics Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. He is a GP Trainer for our GP Registrars who are placedDr Jim Kahane[continue]
Dr Jess Munro
BSC Hons MBBS 1996 MRCP
GP Partner
Female
Dr Munro holds clinics on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She is our Palliative Care Lead and also a GP Trainer supervisingDr Jess Munro[continue]
Dr Kate Sanders
MB ChB 2006 MRCGP
GP Partner
Female
Dr Sanders holds clinics each day except Thursdays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. She is the practice Child Safeguarding Lead and also has interests inDr Kate Sanders[continue]
Dr Christopher Walker
BMBS 2013 DFSRH MRCGP
GP Partner
Male
Dr Walker holds clinics every day except Fridays at either Penryn or Stithians surgeries. He has interests in Mental Health and Dermatology.
Dr Zoe Freeman
BM 1994
GP
Female
Dr Freeman holds clinics on 1 or 2 days a week at Penryn Surgery. She has a special interest in Women's Health and contraception.
Dr Richard Rennie
MB BS 2006
GP
Male
Dr Rennie works 1 day a week on either Mondays or Fridays at the main Penryn Surgery. He has a military background and is thus experienced in Veterans Health.
Dr Patricia Anonas
MRCGP (2025)
GP
Dr Pat, as she is affectionately known, works on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. She originally comes from the Philippines where she obtained her Doctor Of Medicine (MD) in 2017.
Dr David Maasdorp
MBChB 2016 DipPEC PGDip MRCGP
GP
Dr Maasdorp holds clinics 3 days a week, including Stithians. He performs minor surgery and joint injections and has interests in expedition medicine, paediatrics, palliative care and sports medicine
Dr Alaa Abdelsalam
GP
Female
Nurse practitioners
Tegen Davis
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Mandy Hackwell
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Gemma Watt
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Nurses and HCAs
Becci Keast
Nurse Team Leader
Hannah Wilson
Experienced HCA and Paediatric Phlebotomist
Practice management
Emma Berry
Practice Manager Partner
Ryan Ohly
Business Manager Partner
Claire Coleman
Assistant Manager
Carly Whitbread
Reception Manager
Hannah Wright
Assistant Manager
First Contact Physiotherapists
Andrew Taylor
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner
Nicola Child
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner
Zoe Ogden
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner
Additional healthcare staff
Locum GPs
Locums
When our GPs are away from the surgery we may employ GP locums. These are fully trained and registered GPs. If you are asked to see one of our LocumLocum GPs[continue]
GP Registrars
Registrars
Penryn Surgery is a training practice which means we have one or two GP Registrars working with us for 6 to 12 months at a time. A Registrar is aGP Registrars[continue]
Medical & Nursing Students
Students
There are times when we have medical, PA and nursing students sitting in with the doctor or nurse - if you would rather be seen alone please do not hesitateMedical & Nursing Students[continue]
Community nurses
The Falmouth & Penryn community nurse team
The Falmouth & Penryn community nurse team provide nursing care and advice to patients who are housebound due to illness or infirmity and to patients recently discharged from hospital. TheyCommunity nurses[continue]
Practice staff
Practice team
Administration
Working with the management team are the reception, secretarial and clerical team and the cleaners. They are all vital to the smooth running of the surgery.




