Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, AtlantiCare Campus opens

Sixteen third-year medical students are the first GCSOM cohort to begin clinical education at AtlantiCare. They attended orientation July 11 and will participate in clinical instruction at ARMC’s Atlantic City and Mainland (Pomona, NJ) campuses, and other AtlantiCare outpatient, primary and specialty care sites throughout southern New Jersey starting July 15. A medical arts facility AtlantiCare plans to build in Atlantic City will eventually be the campus center.
 
Dominick Zampino, DO, hospitalist, director of Medical Affairs, and program director for AtlantiCare’s Internal Medicine Residency Program, has been named regional associate dean of the GSCOM AtlantiCare Campus. He said the new campus will offer a unique learning experience for GCSOM students. “We serve a large, diverse population. ARMC’s City Campus will provide an urban experience. Atlantic City is an international tourist destination. The Mainland campus, 13 miles from Atlantic City, is in a suburban area that is home to many skilled nursing facilities. Both campuses have regional centers of excellence that will expose students to a wide range of patient and community care issues,” he said. Zampino noted that the Atlantic City Campus is a Level II trauma center and a comprehensive stroke center and that the Mainland Campus includes a cardiac surgery center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit – advanced services not every hospital provides.

Steven J. Scheinman, MD, president and dean of GCSOM said, “We share AtlantiCare’s purpose – to build healthy communities. That’s why we are tremendously excited about this new campus. We know our students will receive excellent clinical instruction in these settings that will open their eyes to the unique and varied health problems of different populations. Teaching the next generation of physicians to deliver care specifically designed to address those needs is the very essence of our common purpose.”

The AtlantiCare campus will be GCSOM’s fifth regional campus and its first outside Pennsylvania.  It joins campuses based in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Danville and Guthrie (Sayre, PA). The school also has a campus in Doylestown, PA devoted exclusively to graduate students in its master of biomedical sciences and professional science master’s programs.

For more information about AtlantiCare, call the AtlantiCare Access Center at 1-888-569-1000; visit www.atlanticare.org; or find AtlantiCare on Facebook.

About Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) is a member of the Geisinger family. GCSOM offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Danville, Lewistown, Scranton, Sayre and Wilkes-Barre. Geisinger Commonwealth offers Doctor of Medicine (MD) and a portfolio of graduate degrees. The school’s innovative curriculum, focused on caring for people in the context of their lives and their community, attracts the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its region, as well as from across the state and the nation. Geisinger Commonwealth is committed to non-discrimination in all employment and educational opportunities. Visit www.geisinger.edu/gcsom.

About Geisinger
Geisinger is among the nation’s leading providers of value-based care, serving 1.2 million people in urban and rural communities across Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, the nonprofit system generates $10 billion in annual revenues across 126 care sites — including 10 hospital campuses — and Geisinger Health Plan, with more than half a million members in commercial and government plans. Geisinger College of Health Sciences educates more than 5,000 medical professionals annually and conducts more than 1,400 clinical research studies. With 26,000 employees, including 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger is among Pennsylvania’s largest employers with an estimated economic impact of $15 billion to the state’s economy. On March 31, 2024, Geisinger became the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit charitable organization created to expand and accelerate value-based care across the country. Learn more at geisinger.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.