Kelly J Lafaro is a general surgeon with a specialty in gastrointestinal surgical oncology and hepatobiliary surgery. She is part of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the Greater Washington Area. She earned her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed her residency at the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her fellowship in complex general surgical oncology was completed at the City of Hope National Medical Center. Her expertise includes pancreatic adenocarcinoma, neuroendocrine tumors, minimally invasive pancreatic and liver surgeries, and colorectal liver metastases. In addition to her clinical experience, she is published in the field of liver and pancreatic cancer. She is interested in the improvement of surgical and post-surgical outcomes.