A Canfield doctor who prosecutors say forced girls between the ages of 12 and 15 to engage in what prosecutors describe as “commercial sex acts" plans to appeal his conviction and 22-year-prison sentence.

The attorney representing 53-year-old Dr. Albert Aiad-Toss filed a document on Thursday notifying U.S. District Court that they plan to take the case before the Sixth District U.S. Court of Appeals.

Earlier this month, Aiad-Toss was sentenced to 22 years in prison, fined $50,000 fine, and assessed $40,800. In addition, he will be under federal supervision for the rest of his life.

Aiad-Toss pleaded guilty earlier to seven counts of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of production of child pornography as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Aiad-Toss was first indicted in 2019 by a grand jury in Ashland County, Ohio after investigators said that he had traveled there to have sex with the 12-year-old he allegedly met via a network of young teens.

That indictment was dismissed after Aiad-Toss was indicted federally.

Aiad-Toss, who was arrested in September 2019, was being held in the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center.

Previously working as an emergency room doctor at St. Elizabeth's hospital in Boardman, Aiad-Toss was employed by an outside company, not Mercy Health directly. He was removed from St. Elizabeth's schedule when the initial allegations came to light.

In late 2019, the Ohio Medical Board indefinitely suspended Aiad-Toss’ license to practice.