Kayla Furlong

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine MD MSc CCFP (EM) (COE)

Discipline of Emergency Medicine (Cross-Appointed to Discipline of Family Medicine)

Dr. Kayla Furlong is an Emergency Medicine Physician in St. John's, NL. She completed her medical degree in 2019, followed by residencies in Family Medicine (2021), Emergency Medicine (2022), and Care of the Elderly (2024). Her research and academic interests are in geriatric emergency medicine.

Dr. Furlong is the Clinical Research Director for the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, the current Chair of the CAEP (Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians) Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee, Faculty lecturer for the CAEP Geiratric Emergency Medicine Course, Provincial Lead for CEDRN (Canadian Emergency Department Research Network). 

CAEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee

CEDRN

Publications

Furlong K, Price R, Brannan V, et al. (January 30, 2026) Comparing Older Adults Assigned a Low Acuity Triage Score to Their Younger Counterparts in the Emergency Department: A Review of Patient Characteristics and Outcomes. Cureus 18(1): e102649.

Murphy, R., Young, C., Furlong, K. et al. Emergency department physician experiences managing patients labelled “community emergency” in Newfoundland and Labrador: A qualitative study. Can J Emerg Med 28, 330–337 (2026).

Jacques, Q., Thorburn, E., Perry, J. et al. Examining the geriatric-friendliness of emergency departments in the Canadian province with the oldest population. Can J Emerg Med 27, 820–829 (2025).

Furlong, K., Patey, C. ‘Community emergencies’ and ‘social admissions’: so this is how we label and treat older adult patients in the emergency department?. Can J Emerg Med 25, 791–793 (2023).

Jelinski, D., Arimoro, O.I., Shukalek, C. et al. Rates of 30-day revisit to the emergency department among older adults living with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Can J Emerg Med 25, 884–892 (2023).

Furlong, K., Lang, E. The management of alcohol use disorder in the emergency department, is it time for version 2.0?. Can J Emerg Med 25, 108–109 (2023). 

Furlong KR, O'Donnell K, Farrell A, Mercer S, Norman P, Parsons M, Patey C

Older Adults, the “Social Admission,” and Nonspecific Complaints in the Emergency Department: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR Res Protoc 2023;12:e38246

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