Charles J. Wibbelsman, M.D.,

Teen Sexual Health

Because of the many physical, social, and psychological changes adolescent boys experience during puberty, pediatricians are encouraged to discuss age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health issues with adolescent male patients during routine office visits and deliver appropriate sexual and reproductive health care. Dr. Charles J. Wibbelsman, M.D. Chief, The Teenage Clinic, Chair, Adolescent Medicine Subspecialists at Kaiser Permanente, comes on the show to discuss the new clinical report, “Male Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care,” and to guide parents to talk with their sons about sexual health and development on a regular basis, and to provide support for them when appropriate.

Charles J. Wibbelsman, MD, is the Chief of Adolescent Medicine for Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, California. Dr. Wibbelsman has been with The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. for 30 years and serves as Chair of the Chiefs of Adolescent Medicine for Kaiser Permanente, Northern California. He is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine. Prior to his joining The Permanente Medical Group, Dr. Wibbelsman was the Chief of Venereal Disease Control for the City and County of San Francisco. As an author for books for adolescents and their parents, he has authored The Teenage Body Book, Growing and Changing, Life Happens, and Crisis Proof Your Teenager. Dr. Wibbelsman recently was a member of The Committee on Adolescence of The American Academy of Pediatrics and is now President Elect of Chapter 1, District IX of the American Academy of Pediatrics and in 2009 served as President of The San Francisco Medical Society.

Melanie Cole, M.S.

11 / 30 / 2011