1325 San Marco Boulevard, Suite 701 Jacksonville, FL 32207

January 9, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Joanelle Mulrain Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute 904.391.6841 (office) or 904.476.9099 (cell)

Cindy Hamilton Baptist Health 904.202.4907 (office)

Kevin Michael Kaplan, MD, Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute, Named “Official Head Team Physician” for The Jacksonville Sharks

Jacksonville, FL, January 9, 2011 Kevin Michael Kaplan, MD, Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute (JOI), has been renamed “Official Head Team Physician” for The Jacksonville Sharks, the ArenaBowl XXIV Champion Jacksonville Sharks, effective immediately.

Dr. Kaplan provides Sports Medicine and Joint Replacement at the JOI San Marco office.

“We are pleased to have Dr. Kaplan join us again for 2012, to provide sports medicine coverage for our players,” stated Jeffrey Bouchy, majority owner of The Sharks team. “We worked and played hard last year to bring that big national trophy home to Jacksonville, and have already started training for another great year!”

“I’m personally and professionally very excited about my second year with The Sharks, and look forward to a remarkable season with the #1 team in the United States! said Dr. Kaplan.

For more information on Dr. Kaplan and JOI, please go to www.joionline.net. For information about The Jacksonville Sharks, go to www.jaxsharks.com.

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Affiliated with Baptist Health

About Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute (JOI) is a 31-physician group practice serving Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. JOI doctors offer six convenient regional offices and nine rehabilitation centers, each dedicated to the mission of providing high quality orthopaedic medical care for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Strategic areas of services include hand (including upper extremities), foot and ankle, joint replacement, spine, and sports medicine. JOI is the “exclusive sports medicine provider” for the NFL’s , Jacksonville Sharks and Jacksonville University organizations. For more information, go to www.joionline.net.