Can advisor list a former PhD student, who changed advisors, in his/her CV? I found that my former PhD advisor was still listing me as his student and he was the chair of my committee. I changed advisors a few years ago and left him. He didn't remain in my committee. It is true that he was my advisor to that point. But I feel it's not fair to my current advisor, who actually supported me and guided me to dissertation and graduation. Since I didn't graduate under the former one, my name doesn't have graduation year in his CV, which looks like I dropped out. If a professor was an advisor of a student at some point, can he list the student as his student forever?
TL;DR: Yes, he can.
He can list you; probably he'll hide that you left him, but who cares?
You graduated and whenever you apply, your CV will show that. Nobody will check his CV for your graduation.
Theodor Fontane (a German novelist) famously said, &quot;Happiness is a good stomach and a bad memory.&quot; Forget about him and care about your future.