After graduating cum laude from Brigham Young University, Dr. Waite earned his medical degree from the University of Utah, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society. He completed his medical internship at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, and his residency training in ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee, earning the 2010 ASCRS Foundation Resident Excellence Award. At the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Dr. Waite completed a fellowship in cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery.
After two years in private practice, Dr. Waite was invited back to the University of Tennessee Hamilton Eye Institute as the Director of Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery. During his time at UTHSC, he trained other eye surgeons and participated in multiple research studies before returning to Utah with his family to build Waite Vision.