---
type: Clinician
title: "Steven Powell, MD"
description: Medical Director of CARMAhealth; family medicine physician board-certified in family medicine and addiction medicine, Austin, Texas.
resource: https://carmahealth.com/providers/steven-powell
tags: [carmahealth, clinician, physician, medical-director, family-medicine, addiction-medicine]
timestamp: 2026-07-08T20:00:00Z
---

# Steven Powell, MD

Medical Director, Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine, at [CARMAhealth](../carmahealth.md).

## Role

Family medicine physician with over 25 years of clinical experience; serves as Medical Director of CARMAhealth. Prior roles include Associate Medical Director at Barrio Comprehensive Health Center (San Antonio) and over a decade at Austin Regional Clinic, where he also served on the board of directors. Page title places him in Austin, TX.

## Education & training

- **Board certifications:** Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM); Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM).
- **Medical education:** M.D., Rush Medical College, Chicago; B.A., University of Texas at Austin.
- **Residency:** Family Practice Residency, John Peter Smith Hospital / UT Southwestern Community and Family Medicine Program, Fort Worth, TX.
- **Professional memberships:** American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM); American Academy of Family Physicians; Texas Academy of Family Physicians.

## Areas of focus

Integration of primary care and addiction medicine; over 15 years of specialized training and experience in [substance use disorders](../conditions/substance-use-disorder.md).

## Services

- [Primary care](../services/primary-care.md)
- [Medication management](../services/medication-management.md)

## Locations

- [Austin, TX](../locations/austin-tx.md) (per page title; specific office not stated in the bio body)

## Sources

- Canonical: https://carmahealth.com/providers/steven-powell — Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- Mirror: https://mr.carmahealth.com/providers/steven-powell — Retrieved 2026-07-08.