Jose Ballarin Castan is an ERN ReCONNET ePAG representative for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD).
He is a patient representative for IgG4 RD in his patient organization, the Spanish Federation For Rare Diseases (FEDER) and a member of its scientific committee.
He received a degree in medicine in France. He was a consultant nephrologist at a University Hospital and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). He retired after being diagnosed with IgG4-RD in 2019.
Working from inside the ERNs, we can decrease the inequalities in treating patients with RD all over Europe. We can also improve patients’ awareness of their disease and its treatment.

ERN RECONNET WEBINARS ON IgG4-RD WITH OUR EPAG Jose