[etrautmann]

Bringing machine learning skills to medicine (if you focus on medical research and the MD/PhD route) could give you a serious advantage if you're on the medical side and can code and understand ML. There are often advantages to having uncommon skills in adjacent areas. I agree with others here that you need to be highly motivated and in a good place to start a path like that, but it sounds like you're ambitious and planning ahead which is a great start.