He has a PhD in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as an MA in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania.

He is a longstanding member of the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, where he is a leading voice on biomedical ethics for the Conservative Movement. Rabbi Reisner, was recently awarded the Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship for study at Harvard University by a congregational rabbi. This award is granted by the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University.

He contributes regularly to the Baltimore Jewish Times Torah column.