There is no greater reward for a doctor than being looked up to and revered by his patients. To say this about Dr. Brij Bhushan Joshi would indeed be an understatement. To his patients, he was 'God'. How else can one explain a patient naming his son Joshi Mathew after him.

"BBJ, as he was fondly referred to, was the most gifted hand surgeon of his era. His unit at the M. G. M. Hospital, Parel was always buzzing with distinguished visitors. Every luminary in Orthopaedics, General Surgery and Plastic Surgery from around the country would drop in to witness and experience advances in hand surgery. Every international journal in the 1970s had published some of his path-breaking work. In fact, some of his pioneering work continues to be cited in all landmark articles to date.

From being invited overseas to set up hand surgery units in Malaysia and Indonesia, to lecture at Hong Kong and Singapore, to operate in Muscat every year and to grace International meetings and preside over sessions with other great contemporaries in his field are some indicators of how immensely sought after he was.

At such meetings, almost every important faculty member would be eager to attend his talk and later engage him in conversation. They would be curious to know what he was up to and picked his brains to help them break through their hurdles. Notably, these are hallmarks of a great thinker and leader.

His legacy continues today in the form of the JESS Fixator also known as the Joshi's External Stabilization System. His collection of books and journals, often referred to by his students as the 'Temple of Hand Surgery' is respectfully housed by Dr. Rajasabapathy at the Ganga Hospital in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.