Dr. Wae Shin is a board certified optometrist who has extensive experience in providing comprehensive eye examinations to identify and treat a wide range of vision issues in diverse groups of patients, from young children to older adults. She graduated from Rutgers University with B.A. in Biochemistry and earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the State University of New York Optometry College in Manhattan. She continued her training to earn her diplomate status with the American Board of Optometry and she is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey since 1992.

Prior to joining NJ Eye and Ear, Dr. Shin worked at a prominent clinic in Paterson, NJ for 27 years, where she devoted herself to the Paterson community's need for high quality vision care. Dr. Shin is committed to help and educate others to see better and more comfortably, and for this to be a positive factor for her patients to fulfill their potential and improve their quality of life. To help to further this goal, Dr. Shin has gone on numerous service trips to Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala with a team of other doctors to attend to the eye care needs of underserved communities.