She received an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College, a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and received her M.D. in 1997 from Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine. Dr. Riemer completed her a residency in pathology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of the College of Physcians and Surgeons of Columbia University. This was followed by a fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the University of Maryland, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Maryland, and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Her professional expertise is in the areas of forensic pathology, pulmonary pathology and cardiovascular pathology.