Meet Our Team of Providers
Teresa Schaer MD, FACP
Founder & Medical Director of Signature Health Solutions
Dr. Teresa Schaer has more than 30 years of experience at hospitals across the country. After graduating from the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, she did her residency in Internal Medicine at NYU-Bellevue Medical Center in New York City, and completed a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington DC. Prior to launching Signature Health Solutions, Dr. Schaer spent 21 years as the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
Dr. Schaer is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, and she has completed extensive training in Age Management, a cutting-edge approach to preventive health care that is integral to the Signature Health Solutions philosophy. She is a frequent lecturer on topics in Geriatrics, Age Management and Medical Ethics throughout the state, and has appeared on television and radio as a medical expert on a wide range of topics.
Through her experience treating people at nearly every stage of their health and their lives, Dr. Schaer recognized an urgent need to change the paradigm of health care as we know it – offering a more comprehensive, personalized solution to health and wellness. At Signature Health Solutions, she works with people of all ages to create and implement customized plans that promote total well-being.
Miriam Sapeika PA-C
Physician Assistant
Miriam Sapeika has been a certified, practicing Physician Assistant for more than 15 years. After earning her Master’s degree as a Physician Assistant from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ in 2003, she began her career in Radiation Oncology and subsequently went on to join Dr. Teresa Schaer at Signature Health Solutions in 2013.
While working with Dr. Schaer, Miriam has honed her skills in primary care with an integrative approach, helping to offer comprehensive, individualized solutions to health and wellness. Her naturally caring and sensitive personality brings out the best in all who meet her as they strive to meet their health care goals.
Beyond general medical care, Miriam has developed a special interest and skill in the treatment of feminine sexual problems, more specifically, the very personal problem of vaginismus. During her time working in the field of Radiation Oncology, Miriam witnessed the effects that radiation had on women undergoing treatment, including the onset of sexual pain. Since that time, during her years of practicing in Internal Medicine, she has repeatedly encountered women with sexual pain for various reasons.
Because of this special interest, and after meeting countless patients whose suffering was not adequately addressed, Miriam advanced her education in the field of women’s sexual dysfunction. She recognized that this area of women’s medical care has been extremely limited and elusive. Through advanced certification and real-life practical application, Miriam has developed a warm, nurturing environment to treat and care for women’s sexual problems.
Miriam’s “Soft Touch Health Solutions” is a specialized service offered at Signature Health Solutions and to date, many women who have been previously unsuccessful in their search for help, have turned to Miriam and achieved the cure they had hoped for. Her unique care is provided with the support of her collaborating physician, Dr. Teresa Schaer.