Switching from Medical School to PE/IB

Before I begin let me start by saying I am uniquly unqualifed to answer this question, but since nobody else has given it a shot let me take a stab in that dark.

It is probably too late for you to get a job in finance out of undergrad. With that being said, my sister was actually in a similarish position a couple of years ago. She ended up enrolling in an MD/MBA program at her med school (its a ton of work), but it also does not add any additional years of schooling. Now she did that for a differnt reason than you, she's interested in eventually running a hospital and wanted to understand business a bit better to achive those goals. You on the other hand could definitly spin your story to being I really wanted to understand medicine for reasons x,y, and z but im actually much more interested in the finance side. From there you definitly get some time off after your first year of medical school (I think most people use that time to recharge or get a little bit more hospital/outpatient experience). I would say thats probably enough time for you get a finance internship probably at boutique HC focused bank. This should demonstate interest in the field, which would hopefully be benefical later. From there I think you'll probably have to grind through med school (hopefully trying to secure the MBA if possible). Then once you start getting closer to graduation (this is basically pure speculation from this point on) i'd imagine if you netowrk pretty agressivly you could land at a healthcare focused bank like Leerink (or maybe more likely a solid MM HC team). I'm not sure if you would come in as an analyst or an associate (b/c the MBA?), but either way "real" medical school is like 4 years so you wouldn't really be too far behind the curve compared to most of your peers. You'd also have a pretty unique advtange compared to most people in HC banking because you could probably actually understand the science without having to consult experts,

Also, this probably should've been the first thing I said: start shooting out emails right now. Email anyone from your school in a healthcare group esspecially if you can get on the phone with more senior people who will still probably be at the bank several years from now, and talk to them about what you are thinking. They might tell you the above is stupid, but more likely (hopefully) they'll see someone who is driven and could offer a unique prospective. Stay in touch with those people, and they might even be able to help you land a job.

Anyway, I hope this helps -- definitly don't base your life on this advice without talking to others first, but the world will always need doctors so at the end of the day you are in a pretty enviable posistion compared to most. Good luck.