Your Team
The Team at Signature Wellness is here to help you reach your health goals!
You’ll benefit from the clinical experience of our founder, Dr Deb Matthew MD, as well our other experienced health care practitioners. Our team will provide you with a personalized wellness plan to address the imbalances that are holding you back from feeling your best. We’ll work together to help you rebalance, restore and rejuvenate!
We are here to support you 100% in your journey to optimal health!
Founder and Medical Director
Dr. Matthew has completed a 2 year advanced fellowship program in Anti-Aging, Functional and Regenerative Medicine and passed both written and oral exams offered by the A4M. She is a national and international oral board examiner for the A4M and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine as well as the American Board of Integrative Medicine.
Dr Matthew is the Past-President of the North Carolina Integrative Medicine Society (NCIMS), member of the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM), and is Board Certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Nicole Bentivegna NP-C
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Nicole is passionate about finding the root cause of her patient’s concerns, focusing on a comprehensive wellness approach to foster overall health and longevity.
Staci Burrell FNP-C
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Staci has been a Family Practice Nurse Practitioner since 1998, focusing mainly on women’s health issues. She is Board Certified by the ANCC. In an effort to provide more holistic care to her patients, she began working with bio-identical hormones in 2009. She has participated in the fellowship training program with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).
Staci sees both men and women for hormone replacement and nutritional medicine. She enjoys helping to transform lives using the Signature Wellness approach.
AJ Bales NP-C
Certified Nurse Practitioner
AJ has his Masters in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner. He was a Recon Scout Sniper who served 15 years in the United States Marine Corps with multiple combat deployments and awards. He completed training with The Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Training Academy and is enrolled in the fellowship training program with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M)
AJ believes that true preventative medicine should address sleep, stress, nutrition, exercise and sexual health before a prescription should be written.
Elissa Bolling PA-C
Clinical Aesthetics Physician Assistant
Elissa is a Physician Assistant specializing in aesthetic medicine. She has a strong passion for what she does and helping patients become their naturally beautiful selves. She is an artist and focuses on the details and intricacies that make each patient beautiful.
Elissa has been a Physician Assistant since 2016 and is certified by the NCCPA. She has trained along side plastic surgeons and has over 4 years of injectable experience.
She also provides evaluation and treatment of sexual health issues for both men and women with a functional wellness approach.
Melissa Hipsher RN, BSN
Nurse / Patient Educator
Melissa is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of nursing experience. She has experiencing caring for a diverse population including medical, surgical, emergency, and cardiac patients.
Melissa has a passion for wellness as well as keeping people healthy using food as medicine. In April of 2022 she became a certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
Marci Cheney ND
Naturopath / Patient Educator
Marci brings extensive knowledge of naturopathic medicine and clinical nutrition to the practice. She is a graduate of the doctoral program at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, and has been an instructor for Hawthorn University’s Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition Program.
Marci provides expanded clinical education with a calm approach to help our patients understand and implement our recommendations successfully.
Helen Gardiner-Parks FNTP
Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner / Health Coach
Andie Sloan
Holistic Esthetician
Andie is a licensed esthetician with a passion for helping people and making them feel and look their best. She brings a wealth of experience of customer service from the beauty industry, where she excelled at patient education, services, and care.
She aspires to make every patient feel special and provide a great experience from beginning to end.
Rosalie Natoli
Patient Care Coordinator
Rosalie is a Certified Health Coach and has completed an intensive training program through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She is a true believer in the importance of healthy living, and enjoys sharing our philosophy of wellness. She ensures our patients feel welcome and cared for.
Suzie Freitag
Patient Care Coordinator
Christina Linkowski
Patient Care Coordinator
Jane Pavlish
Patient Care Coordinator
Madison Polite
Patient Care Coordinator
Marissa Moshonisiotis
Office Manager
Rachel Dixon
Clinical Assistant
Take The First Step
On Your Journey To Optimal Health
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