Not sure about hearing anything back - I havent heard of anyone hearing anything, but I have heard from several big faculty/1-2 program directors that Duke is without question a top 5 program (at least according to them, not to bash the other 20 top 5 programs) and the name was given to me in the same esteem that UCSF, Hopkins, and MGH was - at least from an anesthesia standpoint. I guess they said that Duke has come on huge recently.
Met someone on the interview from a big institution, wont say which one, but a name people list as top 3 in anesthesia, and a faculty member at that program told them to go to Duke if they had the chance. I know they are phenoms in regional and think they are very good in neuro and cardiac, and above average in peds and pain - obviously go to penn if you want peds and cleveland clinic or something if you want pain - but what I was told is that they arent really deficient in anything and you can get a fellowship anywhere.
This could all be bs - just what I hear from faculty members at other institutions I know.
