 HERT was developed after Spartanburg Regional mobilized personnel to assist in the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) operations during hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.The team is a working body of clinical and non-clinical volunteers who support healthcare operations in order to maintain healthcare infrastructure during periods of catastrophic need.Spartanburg Medical Center was the first hospital in the Upstate to earn Center of Excellence status for its gastric bypass surgery program and is also the site of South Carolina's first Joint Commission-accredited Chest Pain and Primary Stroke centers.