All are very good. I interviewed at all but the Florida programs and eventually chose Wake Forest for a variety of reasons (e.g., strong mentorship relationships, very good regional, focus on very strong clinical training, strong academics--though Vanderbilt and Duke are better at research, commute time, children's schools, location, etc.). Ultimately they are all very good academic programs and I just went with the gut feeling of "where will I be happiest" and "where do I fit in the best". I don't regret my choice at all. I found all aspects of my training to be particularly rewarding. I entered residency dreading OB and the department there is so good and people are so fun to work with that I even considered doing an OB fellowship (along with Neuro, Regional, Cardiac--all those fellowships would have been very rewarding). I loathe chronic pain, but I actually enjoyed even that part of my residency training at Carolina Pain Institute.
My current private practice is filled with UNC, Duke, B&W, Pitt, UVa trained partners and I feel very well prepared with no deficiencies at all. I even impressed some of my partners sometimes by e.g., yesterday doing a parasternal and apical TTE exam on a septic ERCP who coded to show no tamponade, right heart enlargement and globally decreased cardiac function in order to quickly decide on a Tx. Go where you feel like you will flourish as a person first, and secondarily as an anesthesiologist. A burned out physician with a "second-to-none" training is worth nothing. A well-grounded, balanced and happy person with a solid training is going to be much better for a satisfactory 30-year career.
