Dr. Idzik is a Professor and Associate Dean of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has been on faculty there since 2005 and previously served as the program director for the Adult Gero NP program. She has worked clinically as a nurse practitioner in endocrinology, bariatric surgery, and primary care where she managed large panels of patients with endocrine and cardiometabolic disease. She currently maintains a faculty practice as a nurse practitioner in the University of Maryland Comprehensive Care Center where she also manages patients with endocrine and cardiometabolic disorders. She was awarded AANP State Award for Excellence in 2012, was selected as a Fellow of the AANP in 2014 and a Fellow of the AAN in 2017. Dr. Idzik is a reviewer for numerous peer -reviewed journals, speaks regularly on endocrine disease and co-chairs the AANP endocrine specialty practice group.