Welcome to our New Residents

This year, we are pleased to introduce you to our residents first year residents.

Kevin Glenn Bays, MD is a native of Ohio, but considers himself a Kentuckian, since he spent most of life in Olive Hill. After receiving a BS in Biology from Morehead State University, he moved to Louisville and completed medical school at U of L. Kevin is a big U of K basketball fan, and hopes to catch as many games as possible this year.

Elvira Drljevic, MD attended medical school at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and came to the U.S. in 1996 due to civil strife in her native country. She worked in the U of L Department of Family and Community Medicine before joining our residency. Currently, she is pursuing her MPH in the CREST Program, which permits part-time study during residency. Elvira is married to Hasim, and they have two children.

Clayton Scott Hall, DO received a BA in Social Work from the University of Kentucky and worked in the area of substance abuse treatment before entering medical school. He is a graduate of the first class from the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine. Clay has family roots in both Lexington and Louisville.

Keller Andrew Riede, Jr., MD earned a BA in Liberal Arts from the University of Kentucky and worked for over 10 years in marketing before returning to academia to pursue medicine. He is a graduate of the U of L School of Medicine. Keller is married, and he and his wife Theresa have a lovely daughter, Sydney.

Sajida Shadzad, MD completed medical school at Sindh Medical College in Pakistan before moving to the U.S. She worked as an extern in our psychiatry department before entering residency. Sajida is married to Mohammad Shadzad, MD, a physician in Danville, and together they have two young children

Joyce Adams Spurgeon, MD earned a BA in Psychology from Georgetown College and went on to graduate from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Joyce is a newlywed and lives in Southern Indiana where her husband, Todd, practices law.

Anton Subuh, MD is a native of Jakarta, Indonesia and a graduate of Atma Jaya Catholic University. He gained both clinical and research experience in addiction psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston before joining our residency. Anton's wife, Anna Wanahita, is also a physician.

Yelena Vanina, MD, a native of Kyrgyzstan in the former USSR, completed medical school and residency training and worked as a psychiatrist in her country before coming to the U.S. Yelena was a research assistant at U of L before joining our residency in April 2001. She is currently pursuing her MPH in the CREST Program. Yelena and her husband Moisey have a 9-year-old son.

Allen Walker, DO, originally from Louisville, has returned for his psychiatry residency training. Allen is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri. Allen is engaged to Andrea Stigall, DO, a PGY-1 radiology resident at U of K and a native of Danville, KY.

Another newcomer to our program is Amjad Nisar, MD., who is a native of Pakistan and a graduate of King Edward Medical College. Amjad joins us as a PGY-4 resident and a first year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow. He completed his first three years of residency training at West Virginia University in Charleston.

By Glenna Major, M.D. and Sunil Nair, M.D.
Chief Residents, Psychiatry Residency Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville

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