[1][2][3] Alongside Kazue Togasaki, Shinoda was one of the first women of Japanese ancestry in the United States to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1933.

[1] Shinoda's residency was at, what is now called, Los Angeles General Medical Center and was the first Japanese-American intern at that hospital.

[1] After her residency, she started a general practice in Los Angeles focusing on obstetrics and gynaecology.

[9] Due to Executive Order 9066, Shinoda was forced to close her business and moved back to New York City.

[1] In a 1986 political advertisement published in the Pacific Citizen, Shinoda was listed as a supporter of the Nixon-Agnew U.S. presidential ticket.