Sports Medicine

Professional Teams

Jacksonville Jaguars

Head Team Physician:
Dr. Kevin Kaplan

Team Internal Medicine Physician:
Dr. Michael Yorio

Assistant Team Physicians:
Dr. Steven Crenshaw

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Jacksonville Sharks
Team Physician: Dr. Lance Snyder
Athletic Trainer: Cody Gresham, ATC

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Jacksonville Armada

Team Physicians:
Dr. Kamal Bohsali
Dr. John Von Thron

Team Athletic Trainer:

Cesar Roman, ATC

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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

Team Physicians:

Dr. Lance Snyder
Dr. Carl Freeman
Dr. Gregory Smith
Dr. Kevin Kaplan
Dr. Brett Frykberg

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Jacksonville Axemen

Team Physician: Dr. Steven Crenshaw

Local Colleges and Universities

JOI is proud to be on the field representing the following colleges, universities and high schools.

Florida State College at Jacksonville Physician Carlos R. Tandron, MD Athletic Trainers – JOI Rehab – San Marco: Michelle Duclos, Kori Price

Jacksonville University Physicians Steven M. Crenshaw, MD Kevin M. Kaplan, and Carlos R. Tandron, MD

Local high schools

Atlantic Coast High School Physician  Kevin M. Kaplan, MD Athletic Trainer – Michelle Duclos

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Bishop John J. Snyder High School Physician Carlos R. Tandron, MD Athletic Trainer – JOI Rehab – Fleming Island: Lisa Chekanowsky

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Bishop Kenny High School Team Physician Carlos R. Tandron, MD Athletic Trainer – JOI Rehab – San Marco: Luke Bratton, ATC

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The Bolles School Physician: Kevin Kaplan, MD, Athletic Trainer – JOI Rehab – Thomas Gorman, ATC

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The Episcopal School of Jacksonville Physician Dr. Carlos Tandron Athletic Trainer – JOI Rehab – San Marco: Andrew Orpiano

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Paxon High School Team Physician: Carl R Freeman Athletic Trainer – JOI Rehab – , Tristyn Kinser, ATC

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Fernandina Beach High School Team Physician: Gregory Smith, MD  

Hilliard Middle-Senior High School

Team Physician: Gregory Smith, MD

Mandarin High School

Team Physician: Richard Lance Snyder

JOI Certified Athletic Trainers

What is an Athletic Trainer? By: Michelle Duclos, MA, ATC, LAT Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute employs the largest number of athletic trainers in the Jacksonville area. What is an Athletic Trainer? Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of injuries and illness in the athletic and physically active population. Athletic trainers are often referred to as “trainers,” leading a person to believe that athletic trainers are the same as personal trainers. There is, however, a big difference in the education, skill set, job duties and patients between an athletic trainer and a personal trainer.

ATC’s

Athletic trainers are required to have at least a bachelor’s degree from a nationally accredited athletic training education program. Many athletic trainers choose to continue their education, earning a master’s degree to supplement their knowledge and gain experience. They are also required to maintain current First Responder CPR/AED certifications. In Florida, athletic trainers are required to be licensed by the Department of Health as well. Once certified and licensed, athletic trainers must meet ongoing continuing education requirements to remain certified.

Athletic trainers must also work under the direction of a physician and within their state practice act. Athletic trainers have a background in: acute care and assessment of injuries and illnesses; exercise physiology; anatomy and physiology; kinesiology; biomechanics; nutritional aspects of injury, pathology of illness, pharmacology, psychosocial intervention and referral; strength training and reconditioning; therapeutic exercise and rehabilitative techniques; and therapeutic modalities. They possess the added skills necessary to evaluate injuries on the field and determine if the athlete needs to be transported to the emergency room, seen in the office by a doctor, or treated conservatively by the athletic trainer at the school.

JOI ATC’s

Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute provides athletic training services to several high schools in Jacksonville including Bishop Kenny, Episcopal, Bolles, Bishop Snyder, Paxon, Fernandina Beach, Hilliard and Atlantic Coast. JOI also provides athletic training services for the Jacksonville Armada and Florida State College at Jacksonville. These certified athletic trainers serve as a liaison between the athletes and the orthopedic physicians and serve to coordinate and administer the athlete’s care.

JOI is proud to be a founding member of JSMP.