Numa Pompilius Garfield Adams (February 17, 1885 – August 29, 1940) was a dean at Howard University College of Medicine from 1929 until his death, in 1940.

He was the first African American to hold the position of dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University.

He received his early education at a country school run by his uncle, Robert Adams.

She shared with Dr. Green her knowledge of herbal medicine and inspired his scientific interest and collection of herbs.

[1][2] When Adams was thirteen, his family moved to Steelton, Pennsylvania, where he bought a second-hand cornet with he learned to play with the help of a storekeeper.

[9] In his final years as dean, he proposed the integration of Howard University and Freedmen's Hospital.

After some initial protest, primarily from the city's Medico-Chirurgical Society, the transfer of Freedmen's Hospital to Howard Medical School was completed in 1940.