Formerly from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dr. Hixson attended medical school at the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center in Memphis. Following Radiology residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, he completed a fellowship in Diagnostic Neuroradiology as well as a fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology fellowship also at UVA.

His clinical interests range from minimally invasive cerebral aneurysm treatment and endovascular stroke therapy to carotid angioplasty and stenting and head and neck vascular malformation sclerotherapy. Dr. Hixson has been and continues to be involved in numerous research studies.

His memberships include Society of Neurointerventional Surgery, American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, and Radiological Society of North America.

Dr. Hixson was board-certified in 2013 by the American Board of Radiology and joined the Vista Radiology team in 2017.