A. W. Dumas (1876–1945) was an American physician and co-founder of the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association.
In 1899, he graduated from the Illinois College of Medicine and settled in Natchez, Mississippi.
At the start of the 20th century, Dumas was one of the few African American physicians in Mississippi and established a medical practice in Natchez in the late 1890s.
[2][3][4] In 1900, he along with Dr. L. T. Miller and several other doctors co-founded the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association, the state's largest and oldest organization representing African American health professionals.
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