AtlantiCare and Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine said Thursday they will develop a $50 million medical college campus in Atlantic City's midtown district, a project expected to open by the fall of 2029. The campus is planned as an expansion of AtlantiCare's City Campus.
Temple President John Fry was pictured at the announcement, along with Marjorie Joy Katz Dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine Amy Goldberg and Michael Charlton. Charlton said the announcement of a new medical school is a clear sign that AtlantiCare's transformation is gaining momentum.
The partnership adds a major higher-education project to Atlantic City's health care footprint at a time when the city is already pushing ahead with infrastructure work of its own. On Monday, officials said contractors had begun the final phase of a $24.8 million project to repave Atlantic Avenue, one of the city's key corridors.
The medical campus gives AtlantiCare a larger role in training future doctors in Atlantic City, while tying Temple more closely to the city through a long-term academic presence. The timeline is broad, but the target is clear: by fall 2029, Atlantic City's midtown district is expected to host a new campus built around AtlantiCare's existing City Campus.
That leaves the city with two visible signs of change moving in parallel. One is a medical school campus still years from opening. The other is a road project already underway. Together, they point to a city trying to reshape both its health care base and the streets that carry people to it.
