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A Stanford Hospital & Clinics gynecologist has been released on bail after pleading not guilty in March to charges of theft and elder abuse in connection with the death of her grandmother and the handling of the grandmother's estate.
Cheryl Walker, assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics and medical director of the hospital's gynecology clinic, was ordered released March 13 on a $1-million bond arranged by friends. Walker has been placed on administrative leave at Stanford and is not seeing patients.
Her mother, Janice, 72, is also charged with manipulating the $500,000 estate of the 95-year-old grandmother who died last May. Janice Walker has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed in lieu of a $2.5-million bond.
Santa Clara County prosecutors allege that Walker and her mother improperly appropriated the grandmother's property and assets in the months leading up to the grandmother's death. They also allege that an autopsy found traces of a potentially lethal dose of prescription drugs in the grandmotherŐs blood.
