Ishtiaq Malik, MD, will also be required to register as a sex offender when he is released.
Dr. Malik was arrested in February 2023 at his urgent care clinic. He was convicted in January on two counts of second-degree rape and two counts of fourth-degree sex offense, and he entered a plea for eight counts of fourth-degree sex offense for the other victims.
Since his arrest, eight additional victims have come forward.
“The judge issued a sentence above the Maryland State Sentencing Guidelines which is entirely appropriate in this case,” the state’s attorney, John McCarthy, wrote in a statement shared with the publication. “Ishtiaq Malik took advantage of his position as a medical professional and violated these women who trusted him with their care.”
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