AtlantiCare, Temple unveil $50 million campus at Atlantic City Airport

AtlantiCare and Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine announced a partnership Thursday to develop a $50 million medical college campus in Atlantic City's midtown district near atlantic city airport. The campus is expected to be developed by the fall of 2029, with AtlantiCare's City Campus already in Atlantic City.

Michael Charlton, AtlantiCare's president and CEO, said the announcement of a new medical school is a clear sign that AtlantiCare's transformation is gaining momentum. His comment tied the project to the health system's own direction while putting a timetable on the campus itself.

AtlantiCare City Campus

The partnership links AtlantiCare with Temple University, which is based in Philadelphia, and Temple's Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Temple President John Fry was pictured with Marjorie Joy Katz Dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine Amy Goldberg and Charlton as the announcement was made.

The planned campus would add a medical education site in Atlantic City's midtown district rather than in a separate market, keeping the project close to AtlantiCare's existing City Campus. That location places the buildout inside the same city where the health system already operates, giving the announcement a direct local footprint.

John Fry and Amy Goldberg

Fry and Goldberg appeared alongside Charlton in the announcement image, signaling the three-way alignment behind the project. For Atlantic City, the practical shift is simple: a $50 million campus is now on the path to development, with fall 2029 as the target already set by the partners.

That timeline leaves the project in the hands of design, construction, and institutional planning over the next several years. What changes today is that the campus is no longer a general idea; AtlantiCare and Temple have put a place, a price, and a date on it.