 Operating room innovations were key in 2008, when surgeons began operating in the first surgical suite in the United States that utilized the state-of-the-art modular VARIOP system that allows operating room walls to be reconfigured to meet the needs of a particular surgical team.Also in 2008, Spartanburg Regional became the first hospital in the South to perform robotic endoscopic beating-heart surgery.SRHS also established the most comprehensive and experienced da Vinci® Robotic Surgical program in the state.