That's great have you ever considered an md/phd? The one path guy I know is md/phd and he's a brilliant researcher. It's interesting because you have all the training of an md so the research these guys do is really relevant to humans where a lot of scientists trained only in basic biology sort of miss some major details when they do their experiements. You can also do academic research with just an md but it helps to volunteer in a lab while in med school or to pick up a masters. Anyway, path is awesome. Good luck to you