| The Heart Specialist | |
| Director: | Dennis Cooper |
| Cinematography: | Yasu Tanida |
| Editing: | Jonathan Schwartz |
| Distributor: | Freestyle Releasing |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $3 million |
| Gross: | $1.1 million |
The Heart Specialist is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Dennis Cooper, and starring Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana, Brian J. White and Mýa. Originally released under the title Ways of the Flesh,[1] the film premiered at the 2006 Boston Film Festival[2] and remained unreleased until 2011, when it was granted a limited theatrical release by Freestyle Releasing.
A modern comedy about the everyday perils of first year medical residents at a shabby south Florida hospital. Wood Harris is the Chief Resident, who teaches the trainees how to save lives and not take themselves too seriously, all the while hiding a chilling secret of his own.
The Heart Specialist ranked premiered nineteenth at the box office grossing $581,516 over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.[3]