​Peter Killcommons is the CEO and founder of Medweb, Medical Imaging, Teleradiology, and Telemedicine located in San Francisco. As a doctor and expert in telemedicine, Pete Killcommons has traveled globally to share expertise in the field of telemedicine and to ensure consumer needs were being met. He has visited countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Outside of his professional work, Dr. Killcommons is also a volunteer pilot for disaster response and a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA).

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The AOPA Foundation strives to support aviation education and maintain safety through several mechanisms. The organization provides pilot training scholarships and public benefit aviation. These measures also help to grow the pilot population and preserve local community airports. For additional information on the Foundation, visit www.aopa.org.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Peter (Pete) Killcommons has served as the CEO of Medweb, a technology solutions provider that specializes in the delivery of secure telemedicine and teleradiology products. Dr. Peter Killcommons maintains membership with the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).

In a recent press release, the ATA announced that registration is open for the ATA Annual International Meeting and Trade Show in May. The conference has been taking place for 20 years, and has become the largest gathering of health-care entrepreneurs and professionals in the telehealth, telemedicine, and mobile health industries. 

According to the press release, the 2015 peer-reviewed program will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will include more than 500 educational seminars and sessions. The forums will explore the most recent innovations, uses, and delivery methods in telemedicine. With at least 6,000 attendees, the event also offers a wide range of opportunities to network with peers and meet leaders in the telemedicine industry. The exhibit hall will additionally feature 300 vendors showcasing cutting-edge remote health-care services and technologies. ​

​Dr. Peter “Pete” Killcommons is a medical doctor who is founder and CEO of MedWeb, a company that specializes in providing medical imaging, teleradiology, and telemedicine services. Due to his expertise in telemedicine, Dr. Peter Killcommons was invited as a keynote presenter at the First Armenian International Telemedicine Congress in October 2011.

The emergence of telemedicine has been brought about by the increasing number of technological advancements in the medical field. For example, telemedicine allows medical information to be exchanged across great distances through electronic communication. Even if the technology is already at least 40 years old, telemedicine continues to be a fast-growing field likely to be utilized on a much wider scale in coming decades.

There are a number of reasons why using telemedicine could be of advantage to patients. Foremost is its ability to connect patients with specialized services and relevant information that might otherwise by unavailable. The chance of miscommunication due to mediated communication is also mitigated, as the patient can talk directly to the specialist. During a telemedicine consultation, the specialist can also benefit from being able to assess a client personally, making diagnosis and treatment more accurate and effective.

In 1992, Peter Killcommons, MD, founded WebMed, a firm that develops web-enabled telemedicine devices, in San Francisco. Before the advent of telemedicine, patients whose diagnosis or treatment required the involvement of a specialist generally had to be transported to the specialist, often requiring a significant expenditure of time and money. Telemedicine, using high-tech communication and imaging capabilities to enable real-time, long-distance collaboration on patient diagnosis and treatment, provides a shortcut. A dramatic example is a surgeon being guided in real time by a specialist hundreds or thousands of miles away, facilitated by live streaming video of the surgical procedure. Dr. Peter Killcommons continues his leadership in the field of telemedicine today, working closely with the U.S. military to ensure that its medical staff has the most reliable telemedicine equipment.

WebMed is very active philanthropically in supplying telemedical devices to practitioners worldwide, especially to support disaster recovery efforts. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, WebMed provided several devices for use at Touro Hospital and aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort. In addition, it sent two servers and related WebMed equipment to the 240-bed Medishare tent hospital set up by the University of Miami at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the devastating 2010 earthquake.                 ​