He completed his medical degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, internship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, residency in general surgery at Tufts Medical Center and a fellowship in Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at Mass General. He is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. During his residency, Dr. Kaafarani also obtained a Master's in Health Policy and Management at Harvard University and completed a Health Services Research Fellowship at the VA Boston Healthcare System and the Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER).