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women underrepresented academic radiation oncology ro particularly leadership positions study sought better understand characteristics individuals currently serve academic ro chairpersons institutions associated accreditation council graduate medical educationaccredited ro residency training program created database academic ro chairpersons united states using publicly available sources including residency training program websites hospitalinstitutional websites doximity linkedin american society radiation oncology astro website american college radiation oncology website national plan provider enumeration system national provider identifier registry used 2 goodness fit test mannwhitney u test fisher exact test via r version 411 evaluate statistical significance among categorical variables medians proportions respectively identified 85 90 chairpersons 944 currently serving institutions accreditation council graduate medical educationaccredited ro residency training program 5 hold interim positions thus excluded analyses remaining 80 chairpersons 9 113 women 71 888 men p 01 seventysix chairpersons 950 full professors 19 238 hold dual md phd degrees thirtytwo chairpersons 400 hold official leadership role cancer center affiliated current institution 437 men vs 111 women p 08 seventythree chairpersons 913 secured current positions median 16 years range 633 years completing ro residency thirtyfive chairpersons 438 promoted chair positions within current institutions 408 men vs 667 women p 17 majority chairpersons astro fellows 625 notably fewer astro 50 american college radiation oncology 25 gold medalists eight ro residency programs trained half current chairpersons significantly men women currently serve ro chairpersons future interventions promote recruitment retention promotion talented women academic ro considered