Dr. Powers, a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law, moved to El Paso in 1984 to practice law. In 1993 he enrolled at the University of Texas at El Paso for the prerequisites for medical school and, a year later, entered Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Lubbock, Texas, graduating in 1998 with the Quest for Excellence Award.

Dr. Powers completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso in 2002. He received the Berlex Best Teaching Resident Award, was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society and was named Chief Resident and Outstanding OB/GYN Resident.

Dr. Powers then joined the faculty of the Texas Tech School of Medicine where he practiced until March 2008. He saw private patients and taught residents and medical students, receiving the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology (APGO) Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005 and recognition in 2007 and 2008 by the graduating senior students as Faculty and Teacher of the Year.

Dr. Powers is certified by, and a Diplomate of, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) and a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Dr. Powers practices, and enjoys, a full range of obstetrics and gynecology, but is particularly interested in pregnancy care, preventative health care, infertility, menstrual irregularities, menopause and weight loss.

Married to Peggy Azar Powers, he has two children, Christopher, Jr. and Sarah Elizabeth.