Op- you sound terrific.
I know that right now you want to become a physician. Which is fantastic. But keep a sliver of an open mind- just a sliver- that you might decide you love something more down the road.
The labs of most of the research facilities in the US are filled with people (PhD’s, Master’s in Epidemiology or Biostatistics) who once thought they wanted to become physicians. They are moving the science of healthcare forward every single day- not patient by patient, but cell by cell, or or other interventions. The CDC, HRSA, and other federal agencies are filled with people who once thought they wanted to become physicians (and some of them are) but decided to get a Master’s in Public Health, or an MBA and are helping to heal people millions at a time. Small disruptive startups and big, public corporations are working on surgical devices and implants and wearables and various robotic limbs-- and many of the people doing this creative work are mechanical engineers or computer scientists or mathematicians or psychologists, not MD’s.
Don’t lock yourself into a career-- being a doctor- if you haven’t yet explored the hundreds of other very cool healthcare roles that are out there.