Dr. Hixson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry in 1982 and was honored with the William Feinbloom Low Vision Award that same year. He is a member of the Low Vision Section of the American Optometric Association and is past president and former advisory board member of the San Diego Service Center for the Blind. He continues to assist patients at the Center for the Blind on a bi-monthly basis. Dr. Hixson practiced in Lemon Grove from 1982-1995,  in Low Vision Care and specialty contact lens fittings. From 1985-1995, he also served patients in Carmel Mountain and El Centro, where branch offices were opened. He was honored in Low Vision at the Mericos eye Institute, Scripps Memorial Hospital in 1994. And, in 1995, Dr. Hixson opened his own practice, La Mesa Vision Care Center. While serving hundreds of patients, he also has been active in contact lens investigative research, conducting ongoing research studies for the F.D.A. Since 1998, he has been a Volunteer Optometrist for the Women's Rescue Center of San Diego. A native San Diegan, Dr. Hixson has been an active member of several other organizations, including San Diego Optometric Society, the La Mesa Optimist Club (past president) and the California Optometric Association. He and his wife Sally, live near San Diego State University, where both received their undergraduate degrees.