<p>DRJ4,</p>
<p>There are real advantages to an MD/PhD from a research funding point of view. NIH seems to be more willing to fund them, and of course they can do research a PhD only cannot do.</p>
<p>The problem from NIH's POV is keeping the MDs at research, which is why they need special programs like the MSTP and favorable funding to keep the docs in the lab and out of the clinic. </p>
<p>So yes, an MD does expand choices, perhaps too much!</p>