Soon after IBM Corp.'s (Armonk, N.Y.) Watson computer system defeated two former champions of the popular game show Jeopardy back in 2011, Michael Rhodin, SVP of IBM's Watson division, told attendees this week at the Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit that the company received several phone calls from an audience it wasn't expecting.

CLEVELAND – Attendees who stuck around for the end of the Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit were rewarded with what has become the signature event for the meeting: the Top 10 Medical Innovations for the coming year. The number one spot on the list went to the scientists, physicians and public health officials who are developing safe, efficient and effective vaccines faster than ever to prevent disease epidemics.

CLEVELAND – Attendees who stuck around for the end of the Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit were rewarded with what has become the signature event for the meeting: the Top 10 Medical Innovations for the coming year.

CLEVELAND – The goal of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the commercialization arm of the Cleveland Clinic, is to turn breakthrough technologies into patient-benefiting products and companies. Given the scope of the Clinic's unique capabilities, there are many amazing biomedical advances coming out at any given time from the many talented researchers there.