Doctor & Staff

Dr. Hinkle is originally from High Point, North Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with minor concentration in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While in undergraduate, Dr. Hinkle was a member of Phi Eta Sigma academic fraternity, Gamma Beta Phi academic society, and Alpha Epsilon Delta medical fraternity. He then received his Doctorate in Optometry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry. During his training, Dr. Hinkle was a member of the American Optometric Society. Dr. Hinkle received extensive training with specialists in cornea, retina, and neuro-ophthalmology to better serve his patients. 

Dr. Hinkle is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Virginia Optometric Association, the Northern Virginia Optometric Society, and has served in the past as a member of the American Optometric Association Low Vision Section, and an InfantSee provider with the American Optometric Association. 

In Loudoun County, Dr. Hinkle’s office received the award, in 2001, for Best Eye Exam Quality for the entire east coast for doctors located next to a nationwide retailer. His office finished third in the nation that year and the votes were cast by his patients.

Dr. Hinkle has been a past member of Business Network International(BNI). Dr. Hinkle has also been a contributor to the Intercom newspaper with Northern Virginia Community Colleges, as a speaker within the school’s Medical Education Campus, and given educational talks to preschool, elementary school, and high school-aged people about eye health and eyeglasses to those in need. Dr. Hinkle has also been an active member in the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce and was a charter member of the Ashburn Rotary Club formed in 2010. During his membership in Rotary, Dr. Hinkle was an active member of the Ashburn Rotary Membership Committee. 

While not fluent in Spanish, Dr. Hinkle is proficient enough in the language to conduct eye examinations for Spanish-speaking patients with ease. 
In more recent years of pracitce, Dr. Hinkle has done extensive training in dry eye management. Dr. Hinkle has invested much effort into bringing a cutting-edge standard of care for dry eye including technologies such as Intense Pulsed Light Therapy (IPL), Low-Level Light Therapy (LLLT), Radio Frequency (RF), and Tear Care. Much of Dr. Hinkle’s passion for dry eye therapy is borne out of his own chronic suffering from dry eye syndrome and the fact he has benefited from such technology firsthand.

Dr. Hinkle’s true passion in his life are his family beginning with his wife, Dr. Sapho Doan, and his two, now adult children, Ethan and Ella. Dr. Hinkle treasures time with his family, their pets, Pee Wee, Mimi, Miss Kitty, Reese, and Sebastian. Dr. Hinkle’s sister is a CDC infectious disease specialist and author. As a fun fact, Dr. Hinkle is the grandson of, legendary broadcast journalist, Edward R. Murrow’s, first cousin

Lastly, and most importantly, in the year 2010, Dr. Hinkle was approached by one of his patients about a local, well-known young man who survived being tragically assaulted and left to die in the parking lot of a mini-mart in Morgantown, West Virginia in 2009. This young man’s name is Ryan Diviney and Ryan’s medical state after the tragedy was, he was left in a minimally conscious state and unable to close his eyes. As Dr Hinkle began making home visits to Ryan weekly, he learned about the brilliance of this young man and his family as well as the strength of the Diviney family and the love, compassion, and support of the Ashburn community. Through the years of Ryan’s battle to live and return to a conscious state, Dr. Hinkle came to realize Ryan’s legacy to our world was to bring more love and give more in this life than you take away when you leave. Ryan left this world just weeks before turning 30 years old, on August 31, 2019. Dr. Hinkle has thought of Ryan and his family daily since first meeting them many years ago and Ryan will never be forgotten. Soon, we can all learn more about this young man, his brilliant and tireless parents, Ken and Sue Diviney, and his sister, Kari, whom Ryan considered precious, when the documentary on Ryan’s fight, “Storming”, is set to release in the summer of 2025. For more information, check back on our website as we will post a link as soon as a release date has been set. This is a story we all need in our lives to understand there is good in this world and there are some in this world who are made of something otherworldly.

Dr. Alicia Boyles is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. There she majored in chemistry and graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She then attended the Pennsylvania College of Optometry for her Doctorate of Optometry degree where she was a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Honor Society. Following graduation, she served as an Optometry Officer and Assistant Chief at the Pentagon Health Clinic in the United States Army for five years.

After her military service, she worked as an associate doctor at Dr. Finley’s Family Eyecare in Herndon, Virginia. After working eight years for Dr. Finely, Dr. Boyles took some time off to raise her family.

Dr. Boyles joined Ashburn Vision Source in November 2009 and has become an invaluable part of the practice. She lives in Ashburn with her husband and five children. She enjoys volunteering at the local schools and for the local youth sports teams and serves as an active member of the PTA.

Dr. Tran was born and raised in Herndon, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and minor in Chemistry. Go Hokies! She continued on to pursue her passion in optometry and earned her doctorate from Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University. Dr. Tran has completed clinical externships focused on specialty contact lenses, low vision training, and treating and managing ocular diseases. Her professional interests include primary eye care, contact lens fittings, ocular disease and surgical co-management.

Dr. Tran is a member of the American Optometric Association and Virginia Optometric Association.

She is excited to provide her patients the highest quality of eye care. She is fluent in Cantonese and conversational Mandarin. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and exploring new places to eat.

Dr. Aundrea Howell is originally from Raleigh, NC. She graduated from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in 2011 with a major in Biology and a minor in Music. She completed her optometry degree at the Illinois College of Optometry in 2015. As a student, she participated in volunteer services to Honduras and Belize to provide communities with clean water, health care, and eye care. She completed her clinical rotations in primary care, pediatrics, contact lenses, LASIK/cataract co-management, and ocular disease. Her previous experience was at a private practice in Lynchburg, VA.

In her free time, Dr Howell enjoys reading, travel, coffee, and hiking (but not camping).