A native of Detroit, Michigan, he received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, graduating Summa Cum Laude and with honors. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Following his residency, Dr. Khaimi completed a fellowship in glaucoma at the Dean McGee Eye Institute/University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and afterward was asked to stay on the faculty. Dr. Khaimi and his wife Suzie have five children and live in Edmond, Oklahoma.