About Us
Experienced Healthcare Advisors Committed to Helping Your Organization Grow and Thrive
Our Company
With decades of experience in the healthcare industry, our team is deeply committed to being a trusted advisor for our clients. We believe that partnering with each client to understand their specific needs is essential.
At Zephyr, we are problem solvers above all else. We use our comprehensive knowledge of the rapidly shifting healthcare industry to create data-driven and customized recommendations for addressing your needs and achieving your goals. By focusing on both short-term and long-range goals, we are able to develop realistic action plans that, once implemented, will move you toward your desired outcomes.
While we take pride in offering high-quality analyses, action plans, reports, and presentations, we also aim to provide you with something less tangible—feeling the support of working as a team. Forging lasting relationships with clients is a core component of our Mission.
Core Values
- Respect everyone and their perspectives
- Communicate openly and frequently
- Work/life balance is important
- We help each other here
- Do the right thing!
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Zephyr Healthcare Advisors, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are not just buzzwords but fundamental pillars of our culture and values.
Diversity within our company enriches our understanding of diversity in the communities we serve. This allows us to bring our unique perspectives, backgrounds, and talents to the table, fostering creativity, innovation, and mutual respect.
Equity lies at the heart of our commitment, ensuring everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, regardless of background or identity.
Inclusion is our guiding principle, creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
Meet The Experts
Eric Themm
Eric is the Founder and President of Zephyr Healthcare Advisors. He brings 35 years of health care experience advising health systems, hospitals, physician organizations, public entities, non-profit health care organizations and other entities. He has broad expertise in the areas of hospital performance improvement, strategy, transaction advisory, physician/hospital alignment, medical staff development, valuation/FMV/physician compensation, facility planning (inpatient and ambulatory), and Board advisory/facilitation. He leads teams to help organizations reimagine themselves and position for a more viable future.
Eric has held previous senior-level positions with Vizient Inc (National Practice Leader at Sg2)., MDS Consulting, and The Camden Group.
Mr. Themm holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Claremont McKenna College. He also studied at the Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico in Mexico City.
Debbie Walsh
Michael Harris
Mike is a medical group/physician practice expert. He has helped health care organizations in the areas of physician strategy, physician/hospital alignment including creating new structures (e.g. medical foundations), transaction assistance, MSO development, and optimizing physician practice performance.
In addition to his many years of consulting, Mike is Professor of Practice for Health Services Administration and Policy at the Sol Price School of Public Policy for the University of Southern California. His focus and interest include health policy and the transformation of the US Health Care Delivery System as well as addressing health care disparities to improve access.
Mr. Harris has held prior positions of Engagement Executive and Manager with The Camden Group and MDS Consulting and has served in several senior management positions with physician organizations including President of a three hundred physician ophthalmology network and Vice President of Business Development at a major medical group in California representing over one million enrollees.
Mr. Harris holds a master's degree in Health Care Management from California State University Los Angeles.
Chris Ortale
Chris has over 25 years of experience in the health care industry, working in health care sales, hospital business development, and consulting.
As a trusted advisor to C-Suites and leadership, Ms. Ortale recently worked with Vizient/Sg2 generating new business as well as working on consulting projects. With years of experience in the health care space, Christine has experience in consulting, service line development and implementation, marketing, business development, strategy, physician engagement and development, telehealth, fundraising as well as value-based care delivery. Working in a multi-hospital system, in both acute and behavioral health, has helped her gain the experience and knowledge to be a trusted advisor in her 11 years at MDS Consulting where she served as Principal.
Ms. Ortale has a proven success record as a continued leader in health care sales, business development and management and training including service line development programs for orthopedics, spine, cardiovascular; women’s health with hospitals; and physicians’ groups.
Ms. Ortale received her bachelor’s degree from Cal State University, Long Beach, and her Master’s in Business Administration degree with an emphasis in marketing.
Christopher Majdi, MS, CBA, CVA
