Dr. Khara is a UK-trained physician who joined Vancouver Coastal Health in 2003 after serving as an Addiction Medicine Consultant at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto. He became certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine in 2006. While his clinical practice has primarily focused on the treatment of tobacco use disorder, his work has increasingly expanded to encompass broader aspects of tobacco control, including prevention, policy, and treatment initiatives.