Dr. Dumas was born and raised in Birmingham, AL. She attended the University of Alabama for college, where she obtained a degree in Psychology. She then pursued her medical education at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, AL. She stayed on at the University of South Alabama for her residency in General Psychiatry as well as the first half of her fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. She completed her Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR. After graduating, she joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the next two years, teaching both General Psychiatry residents and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellows in the outpatient child psychiatry clinic setting and as part of the Psychiatry consults team for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She joined the staff of Alabama Psychiatry in October 2019. She provides services through both the Pelham clinic (in-person) and the Montgomery clinic (telemedicine) for patients ages 3 – 18 years old. She is available Monday through Thursday for appointments. Her professional interests include treating Autism Spectrum Disorders, anxiety disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, baking (and, more importantly, eating what she bakes), reading, and binge-watching television. She is an avid fan of all things Disney and Harry Potter.