He was profiled along with Derek Coleman on PBS NewsHour in 2016 for his work volunteering offering medical aid in Mosul, Iraq.

[5] Global Response Medicine was founded by Reed and Coleman in early 2017.

In 2023 Pete stepped away from GRM to work with Global Outreach Doctors where he was the Ukraine country director.

[3][6] Reed was killed while rendering aid helping to evacuate wounded civilians in Bakhmut, Ukraine on February 2, 2023.

[7][8] The New York Times stated that he was killed by "a targeted strike by a guided missile almost certainly fired by Russian troops.