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needs some help. The students seemed nice (there were too many on the sub-i I did.) The admin there does NOT regulate how many students are on, which sucks. Anyway they were nice. Now the residents were somewhat cool but some of them sucked. Attending wise they need help. I wont mention names because it is low class and all but some of those attendings suck. I am glad I did a rotation there because it helped me know for sure that i did not want to go there. I hope that helps balance the other people who gave it glowing remarks...

they are living off reputation as far as urology goes. they do have a great gen surg program and great internal med (who cares right!). as far as uro, chair is well know but new. another chair told me he is having trouble even getting everyone on the same page. I think the program is ok but in the Southeast, Vandy is the best place.

well for the record, most uro literature is not even worthy enough to be called science. So just because someone in uro is #7 doesnt mean a whole lot. That being said, I agree with the above post that duke, like all programs as +'s and -'s. it provides great training at the end of the day like 90% of the uro programs in the country. I dont think the stone guy or the reconstruction guy (Webster) will be there much longer than 5-7 years (esp. the stone guy, he is interviewing for chair positions every now and then). the rest of the crew is solid overall. the residents are for the most part cool, but the lower levels are average (from a personality perspective that is).

overall, duke is good, but you need to check it out for yourself to make that call.

I did a rotation their very recently. I liked it ok. I will say, the upper level residents were nice, but the interns, second years and the ones who just came out of lab exude a really negative vibe. That said, they arent intolerable, but they wouldnt be my first pick.
I liked most of the attendings, and like all places they had 2-3 that sucked (either sucked at surgery or had terrible attitudes). The campus is nice, the ancillary services are great, the intern year sucks but is getting better, the cost of living is cheap, the students were great to work with, and it has a great name. The chair is nice to students but is kind of arrogant in a goofy way. I dont know how to explain it beyond that. They are expanding faculty and getting more private practice exposure, so that is awesome. They have a VA, the university hospital, outpaint surgery, and now a community hospital. I think they are trying to add a 4th resident, but that remains to be ironed out.
Overall, I like it, but I will have to wait until I am done with my other away and do some interviews and compare notes.

I rotated there very recently and it didnt meet my expectations. The attendings, the few I worked with, were very good at what they did, but some didnt give 2 craps about resident education. The stone guy, Preminger is bipolar, but he does teach and he is very, very, good at what he does. The chair is ok. I didnt get to know him that well, but he can be pleasant in the OR and he isnt known for having a temper. Some of the residents did complain that he talks a lot about other faculty and residents, but I did not notice this.

Most importantly, their residents are a weak spot. Most of the faculty openly bash them, which is scary when you think the people you picked sucked that bad to have to say it out loud. There are a lot of females there (this year's whole entering class was women). Having women in uro isnt bad and is very much needed, but the attitude factor and the catiness in this group is a lot higher than usual. One of the new PGY 2's nose is so brown, the ass kicking is almost tattoed on. The residents themsevles are nice overall, but there is something about them.

Facilities are good and they have the best computer system I have seen (easiest, most comprhensive, etc..) the notes are still on paper (as most places still are) but everything else is on computer. They have home call. They are moving away from being inbred, which is a big plus, because I will likely try to rank them and UNC at the top for family and girlfriend reasons.

that being said, it is a great school and you will go wherever you want which is why I think i could live there, but i do agree with the above posts about some of the faculty and residents.